SO BORING!

       when lillian gets home, she’ll find a beautifully decorated cake on the table, SURROUNDED by candles with a single red rose laying next to it. tina’s in the middle of pouring two glasses of wine when she hears the door close. walking up to the taller woman, tina gives her a gentle kiss and her glass. ❝ a little birdie told me it was YOUR BIRTHDAY so i wanted to celebrate. ❞

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         Hesitating for a second, an awkward hint of smile on the corner of her lips quickly followed by a glance over her shoulder - what was that for exactly Bette ? An unexpected arrival of Tina’s future wife, maybe. Was she scared ? Eh, she hated to confess about it, but maybe that yes, she felt a little… uncomfortable in her presence. She was everything Bette wasn’t, and she found it hard to compete - not that she wanted to, of course not… right ?

’ Okay, yes, a coffee, absolutely ‘    Bette nodded, trying her best to look and sound natural. Once walking in, she took in the sight of the new house, finding empty boxes here and there, a bunch of unpacked ones as well. Plopping down her purse on the kitchen counter, she took a long breathing,    ’ Do you need help ? ’    Not really expecting her to say yes, only being her polite self. Folding her shirt, she twirled around slowly to admire the decoration and architecture of her new house.    ’ It’s quite nice. '    Squinting as she leaned to watch a new painting,     ’ Is that new ? Who’s that from ? ’

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       tina’s eyes narrowed as they remained on her ex-wife. she could tell bette was UNCOMFORTABLE, could see the tension in her shoulders, the shallowness of her breaths. she clocked bette playing with her shirt, another nervous gesture, and sighed. ❝ hey... ❞ she reached out and took one of bette’s hands in hers, looking her in the eye with a soft smile. ❝ you don’t have to BE HERE if you don’t want to you know. i get that it’s awkward. ❞

@tinakennrd​​ 𝓁𝒾𝓀𝑒𝒹 𝒻𝑜𝓇 𝒶 𝓈𝓉𝒶𝓇𝓉𝑒𝓇

          Standing by the front door with a flowerpot with a green plant in it, she sighed, feeling annoyed and ridiculous at the same time. Also anxious, shifting from one foot to the other, she pressed her finger against the ringing bell button. That wasn’t her thing at all, she could have brought cookies, it would have felt the same, a desperate housewife… more like a desperate ex-wife. She was only hoping that Carrie didn’t arrive days earlier, because she really didn’t want to face Tina’s new wife all over again. No, really. It was for the best. Steps were heard behind the door, a sigh of relief was delivered when a blond head appeared, her heart light all of a sudden. Bette grinned, she lost her manners, feeling guidy - fuck, fuck, fuck -   ’ Hey, ‘   she held the pot out for Tina,    ’ I hope I’m not bothering you… I was…'     No she wasn’t in the neighborhood.     ’ I thought you might like it, found it on the market this morning.'     Awkward. Why couldn’t she lie like a normal person ?     ’ Could go well in your new house. Mostly a welcome gift back in town, Tee, nothing more. ’

@amazonluthor​ said: kisses !!!

@crucifys​ said: “if this is what i come home to, perhaps i might need to get home a lot earlier...” eyes are glued to the other as she casually strips, toes already dipping into the steps of the pool. eyes are blown black, the cool water doing little to ease the heat that grows through her. it’s not till she dives beneath the water that she’s finally able to breathe and feel alive. she reaches the surface, smoothing back her hair as she lets out a content sigh. “how long have you been out here?” she swims to the edge of where tina resides floating on plastic. a palm moves up the woman’s bare back, the tips of her fingers scratching along as she reaches up to capture tina’s lips in a soft, sweet kiss. “i hope this was for me.” she nips at the woman’s lower lip, fingers dragging back down tina’s back before slipping beneath the black fabric to dig her nails into the woman’s ass.

       tina’s just relaxing in the sun, topless, fingers gently running through the icy blue water. she has to be careful, she knows. she burns entirely too easily, but what’s the point of living in la if you can’t enjoy THE SUN every once in a while ? her eyes flutter open at the sound of stella’s voice, just in time to watch the other woman’s body move beneath the water. she’s struck, as always, by how lucky she feels. ❝ mmm... i haven’t been out long... i figured this would be the first place you went to when you got home so i thought i’d come wait for you. ❞

@crucifys​ said: tell me, do you only look at me the way that you do, because of what we share? the trauma we’ve endured, never having found such a comfort in someone so familiar yet foreign at the exact same time.

@crucifys​ said: what’s your ideal life? the one you picture in your head when it all gets a little too much, the one you fall asleep too - that makes your heart pound, are bette and angie both there? or is it just angie and somebody else?